Overview
Come take a stroll in a special garden-a garden full of plants that heal. Through history, and all over the world, people have always known the healing virtues of the plants that grew around them. We can benefit from the best of these traditions today. Growing and Using the Healing Herbs explores the rich herbal healing heritage that has been handed down through the ages, and use them for simple medicinal purposes. You'll find out how to plant and care for an herb garden, as well as how to harvest and store your herbs. There are recipes for simple, safe herbal preparations, such as Horehound Cough Syrup, All-Flower Bath Oil, soothing salves and poultices, insect repellents, sunburn lotion, and more. A special 'Illustrated Guide to Healing Plants" profiles more than 60 plants, including how to grow them and how they are used in the various herbal healing traditions.